A portion of Priam’s Treasure.
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After Calvert’s article brought Schliemann’s neglect to light, a sudden discovery of a great treasure in 1873 seemingly gave Schliemann the fame he so desired. Known as Priam’s Treasure, Priam being the king of Troy in the Iliad, the manifest submitted by Schliemann contained artifacts ranging from a copper shield, to around nine thousand gold rings, to gold and silver goblets and vases. Considered “a discovery which stands alone in archaeology, revealing great wealth, great civilization and a great taste for art”, Schliemann believed that Priam’s Treasure left no reasonable doubt that Homer’s Troy contained articles of both gold and silver, of which are described in the Iliad (Schliemann, 25). Of the gold artifacts found in Priam’s treasure, Schliemann described the gold coins and tablets containing unknown characters to be the most peculiar.

This great find was near the walls of the city, not in the acropolis, where a treasure of this magnitude would likely be found. As well as what we now know, that this is too deep in the ground to be from the Troy of the Iliad. In conjunction with Schliemann’s salting, which will be explained later, this is likely not Priam’s Treasure and Schliemann was incorrect in concluding that this was the final piece of the puzzle.

A portion of Priam’s Treasure.
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